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Lincoln Parish Early Childhood Center teachers Deidra Dunbar, left, and Melinda Killen, right, pray during the Back to School Hour of Prayer Thursday at the Grambling Community Center. The hour was dedicated to praying for local children, teachers, staff, principals, administrators and family members of children at Lincoln Parish Schools.

The Lincoln Parish Sales and Use Tax Commission wants area lawmakers to oppose any move to consolidate all local sales tax collection on the state level.

The commission sent a resolution to legislators on Friday urging them to reject centralized collection, a process through which the state would collect both state and local sales taxes, then return the portion due to local government.

Centralized, or unified, collection is among the fiscal reform ideas being pitched by several business groups.

Scores released earlier this month revealed that Lincoln Parish’s District Performance Score went up by 1.5 points from the 2009-10 school year to the 2010-11 school year. This was part of a historic score release that included the first year for schools to receive letter grades.

Simultaneously, according to information released by the Louisiana Department of Education, the school district dropped from a rank of No. 21 in the state during the 2009-10 school year to rank No. 23 — a rank the district shares with the Winn Parish School District — in the 2010-11 school year.

Charlie Williams, “The Noiseguy,” a vocal sound impressionist who can imitate the sound of planes, trains and automobiles, is coming to the Lincoln Parish Library Events Center at 2 p.m. June 23. This performer is also a kids’ comedian, author and illustrator. In one of his typical shows one might hear flushing toilets, dinosaurs, monster trucks and beatboxin’.

Williams encourages kids to laugh at everyday annoyances because humor is an important life skill. Parents will be asked to get in touch with their inner (noisy) child.